A few weeks ago the story was that he was doing well in traditional Labour areas but he had no appeal outside the north and London. Now that he's pulling in the crowds in a city where only one of the three MPs is Labour, what will be the excuse now?
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A few weeks ago the story was that he was doing well in traditional Labour areas but he had no appeal outside the north and London. Now that he's pulling in the crowds in a city where only one of the three MPs is Labour, what will be the excuse now?
Clowns always draw a crowd, but please, carry on, all good for Lady Teresa.
Buzzer
Languidly Clinical
- Oct 1, 2006
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Seriously? You're surprised that Corbyn gets a big crowd to greet him in Brighton?
Don't mean to be a party-pooper but....
and here's one for Michael Foot, also in 1983.
I shan't bother posting a picture of the Poll Tax riots just two years before John Major swept to victory. Instead, have a photo of the Sheffield rally and Kinnock's hubris just days before the Tories recorded the largest ever vote for a single party.
If big crowds won elections then the SNP would have won their referendum, the SWP would be a major political force and Liam Gallagher would have been Prime Minister by now.
I shan't bother posting a picture of the Poll Tax riots just two years before John Major swept to victory. Instead, have a photo of the Sheffield rally and Kinnock's hubris just days before the Tories recorded the largest ever vote for a single party.
If big crowds won elections then the SNP would have won their referendum, the SWP would be a major political force and Liam Gallagher would have been Prime Minister by now.
Oh, I'm not saying that he's going to win an election but there have been several people saying that he had couldn't attract people outside core Labour areas - I'm not sure that's any longer the case.
(And some of your examples are bit disingenuous, the protest against the Poll Tax was one of the things that swept Thatcher from power and got Major in, I very much doubt whether she'd have won the 92 election. And the SWP have never drawn a big crowd - they ride on the coat-tails of other organisations - they couldn't organise an orgy in a brothel)
EDIT: Actually, given the recent allegations against the SWP, one thing they probably could organise is an orgy in a brothel ... but they could very little else
The Merry Prankster
Pactum serva
In the hall. All in all a very nice bunch of people from what I can see. Not a rabble rousing trot to be seen.
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
All bar two Labour councillors, and Peter Kyle are staying away. If you can't lead your own party, how can you lead the country?
http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/1465..._away_from_Jeremy_Corbyn_rally/?ref=mrb&lp=17
http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/1465..._away_from_Jeremy_Corbyn_rally/?ref=mrb&lp=17
Ernest
Stupid IDIOT
I KNOW I do but what about Corbyn ?
Buzzer
Languidly Clinical
- Oct 1, 2006
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Good point well made. A horrible group of self-important Dave Sparts. Their blatant entryism puzzles me. They don't even believe in a parliamentary democracy. Why does no-one ever pick Corbyn up on this?
I think of late they've been a bit more successful. That spontaneous demo in Parliament Square for Corbyn was their doing and got a few thousand people. They've also been heavily involved in the post-election demos and post-Brexit demos too but I'll concede the point because you're right, their modus operandi is rabble-rousing rather than campaigning.
Ernest
Stupid IDIOT
Kyle would get BOOED out of town if he showed his TRAITOROUS face tonight
Neville's Breakfast
Well-known member
Ernest, why do like Corbyn so much ? He is a middle class, boarding school, pseudo intellectual, metropolitan, champagne socialist. He is obsessed with non working class issues like unlimited immigration and scrapping nuclear weapons. These are the concerns of white, middle class students everywhere and have little to do with the day to day lives of working class people. Have you switched sides ? Should we be calling you Tristram ?
Ernest
Stupid IDIOT
Tristram is my NEPHEW along with his OLDER brother PIKACHU
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
Corbyn is the traitor wanting to talk to Argentina about the Falklands.
Neville's Breakfast
Well-known member
Lovely...my very best wishes to them both.
Ernest
Stupid IDIOT
The Tories are in CUTTING the defence budget so much that we can't DEFEND the Isle of Wight let alone the Falklands now
That isn't a bad shout and even Wallace (or was it Grommit?) was better than Corbyn.
Ernest
Stupid IDIOT
Are you DELUDED ? Blue Ed is gone along with his HIDEOUS tombstone
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
Are they?
Buzzer
Languidly Clinical
- Oct 1, 2006
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"Blue Ed"? So when you supported him and were singing his praises just a year ago, you too were a Red Tory? In which case, according to broadcaster Paul Mason, there's no place for you in the Labour Party.
(That's a screenshot of a rebuttal of Owen Jones recent piece about Corbyn)
Yeah but I was referring to a comment about his brother, bruv.
Buzzer
Languidly Clinical
- Oct 1, 2006
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He's yesterday's man. I can't see the UK going for a bloke who looks like he's being parachuted in because there's no-one else to do the job. He's not got especially huge political gravitas. There's plenty of talent in the current PLP and if...big if (not going to happen)...Owen Smith wins then there would at least be a credible and competent opposition to bring the government to account.